• 7-volume Set

• Published by Greenhaven Press

Social Issues in Literature meets the need for materials supporting curriculum integration. Each title in this distinctive series examines an important literary work through the lens of a major social issue. Each of the 7 volumes presents biographical and critical information on the author, viewpoints on the social issue portrayed in the book, and contemporary assessments of the social issue as well as a chronology of important dates in the author's life, discussion questions, a guide to additional literary works that focus on the same social issue, a bibliography for further research, and a thorough subject index.

Included in this 7-vol. set are:

• Abuse of Power in George Orwell' s Nineteen Eighty-Four
• Bioethics in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World
• Colonialism in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart
• Corruption in William Shakespeare's Hamlet
• The Environment in Henry David Thoreau's Walden
• Patriarchy in Sandra Cisneros's The House on Mango Street
• War in Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage

Review:

"this series focuses on how social issues have been presented in classic literature. These books provide a unique perspective to the United States' social issues both past and present."
--ARBA, March 2009

• Published/Released: March 2010
• ISBN 13: 9780737751253
• ISBN 10: 0737751258
• Product number: 255881
• Number of vols. in set: 7
• Shipping Weight: 1.00 lbs (0.45 kgs)

Price: US $286.65

• (20% Discount for Schools and Libraries in the U.S. and Canada)

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